FAISALABAD – After the Bahria College sexual harassment incident, a medicalstudent from Faisalabad, Mahwish Amin has come forward to expose the personwho has allegedly been harassing her for the past three years.
Mahwish, a student of Punjab Medical College (PMC) in Faisalabad, narratedher story of being harassed by her Forensic Medicine Assistant Professor DrKhurram Raja on her Facebook account.
In her Facebook post, Mahwish stated that the professor has been harassingher for the past three years by sending inappropriate messages andpictures, despite being respectfully told not to do so. Moreover, sheclaimed that the professor used the professional eMed account for PMCFaisalabad to ‘harass’ her.
She shared screenshots of her conversation with the same on her socialmedia account as well.
Mahwish stated in her post that her professor had ‘breached theprofessional code of conduct bringing shame to the doctor community’ aswell as the college. Soon after, she requested fellow students and doctorsto share their experiences as well, in order to highlight the intensity ofthe issue to the college authorities.
When contacted by *Pakistan Today*, Mahwish said that the professor isknown for being ‘notorious’ in this regard for the past 12-15 years, butthe college authorities have not taken any action against him.
“He is known for harassing women and two-three complains were made but theauthorities took no action,” she said.
She further claimed that no action was taken/is being taken against Dr Rajabecause he was “close to the university’s high-ups”.
Moreover, when she reached the Vice-Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ali Tirmzi withher case he paid no heed, rather when she stopped going to the universityas she did not feel ‘safe’, they asked her to come in and register acomplaint in person again.
Following her public allegations against her ‘harasser’, she startedreceiving threats from the doctor and his team.
“Dr Muhammad Irfan is an active member of the Punjab Medical Association(PMA) and has a huge influence on our Young Doctors Association as well, heis also supporting Dr Khurram and no one can say anything to stop him,because of the strong grip he has on the community,” Mahwish said.